Welcome to the Resource Library

This Resource Library is a collection of books, tapes, and DVDs, as well as instantly downloadable items, such as newsletters and tip sheets. You will find a wide variety of topics related to foster care, kinship caregiving, adoption, and more.

Wisconsin families and professionals are welcome to check out physical materials from our library for free (electronic items are available to all for free and on demand). The requested materials will be shipped to you with a postage-paid return envelope. You can help us serve more people by sending along a check for the amount of postage, if possible. You may check out four (4) items at a time and keep them for three (3) weeks.

Tables of Contents

To help you navigate our rich library of free downloadable resources, we have created some table of contents documents that we hope you find helpful.

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Orphan Train

This is a story of heartache and hope. Children on a train trying to find a farmer to take them home. After struggling to survive on the streets, orphans Lucy, […]

Helicopters, Drill Sergeants & Consultants: Parenting Styles and the Messages They Send

Description “I have two addictions: kids and psychology. It’s pretty easy to figure out why I grew addicted to kids, but with psychology, it’s less obvious. I became addicted to […]

American Face, An

“What will my new face look like?” Jessie wondered excitedly. He stood on the plastic stool by the sink and traced his eyes with his finger. Jessie, adopted from Korea, […]

Susan and Gordon Adopt a Baby

Description “Big Bird learns the meaning of adoption and helps children understand.”

Gift Wrapped in Sorrow, The

A memoir spanning three decades of loss and love, regret and remorse. The words serve as a candle in the darkness to those who have experienced the loss a child […]

Tell Me a Real Adoption Story

The story you tell your child about how she or he came into your family is more than just another story–it has the power to shape your child’s inner life. […]

Why I Chose You

100 reasons why adopting you made us a family

What’s a Foster Family Anyway?

What’s A Foster Family, Anyway?, “provides a much needed resource in helping children cope with the potential traumatic experience of placement into foster care.” “This book should be offered to […]

Plenty Good Room

When child care worker Tamara Britton is asked to temporarily take 14-year-old foster child Sienna Larson into her home, she agrees–but only because it’s temporary. Soon, Tamara finds the outspoken, […]